Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient ...

High on the sheer rock faces of southern China, wooden coffins cling to the cliffs, turning entire valleys into vertical graveyards and raising a question that has puzzled archaeologists for ...

In the four decades since its discovery, the Fujia archaeological site in east China’s Shandong province has repeatedly proven fertile ground for researchers. Located in the lower reaches of the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable collection of 5,000-year-old skeleton masks and skull cups crafted from human bones at a Stone Age site in China. This discovery sheds light on how ancient ...

While US and Israeli fire threatened some of Iran’s most cherished cultural relics, scores of Persian artefacts were safe and ...

In the hills of southwestern China, near the ancient shoreline of Fuxian Lake, a major archaeological discovery has reshaped how scientists understand the early use of tools. A collection of 35 wooden ...

Chinese archaeologists identified a 4th-century BC alcoholic beverage in a Qin Dynasty tomb, revealing advanced brewing ...

Guidebook to a cultural exchange project, "China Ancient Traditional Technology Exhibition" sponsored by the China Science and Technology Museum and exhibited in Chicago and other U.S. cities.

To maintain social order, ancient Chinese dynasties imposed severe punishments for theft – amputation, exile, even death ...

Newly uncovered fossils in southwestern China are forcing scientists to rethink when Earth first shifted from simple, flat, ...